Johnny Marr says impact of Gillian Gilbert joining New Order was “overlooked”

straight to your inbox every day for freeThis time last year, everything was rosy at Bramall Lane with Sheffield United positioned fifth in the Premier League table after the opening 12 matches of the campaign.Chris Wilder was being hailed, and the Blades were being tipped to put up a fight to secure a European place ahead of one of the more established clubs.Twelve months later and very little has changed at the club with Wilder still in charge and no regular first-team players sold over the

straight to your inbox every day for freeFormer Manchester United boss Louis van Gaal has said Donny van de Beek made the wrong choice in moving to Old Trafford.United paid an initial £35million fee to bring Van de Beek to Old Trafford from Dutch giants Ajax in the summer, though he has flitted in and out of Ole Gunnar Solskjaer's team.

direct to your inboxBrilliant footage shows how Manchester was transformed into 1980s New York for The Crown. Parts of the latest installment of the award-winning  Netflix  series were filmed at locations in the city centre back in February.

Ticketmaster or See Tickets. Here we look back on the New Order concerts which have added to the band's legend.Credited as the first-ever New Order show - just months after the passing of Joy Division lead singer Ian Curtis - the band came together for the Printed Noises benefit.

direct to your inboxBritain’s most prolific rapist Reynhard Sinaga could face further prosecutions after dozens of potential victims came forward when he was unmasked.'Psychopath' Sinaga, 37, was jailed in January after carrying out 136 rapes and a string of sexual assaults against 48 men in Manchester city centre.The predator - described as a 'narcissist and a psychopath' by detectives - drugged the victims with drinks laced with GHB or GBL and filmed the attacks on two mobile phones.Police say

straight to your inboxRuben Dias has already stood out at Manchester City for the leadership qualities he has added to the squad. The 23-year-old, signed from Benfica for a club record £64m in September, was thrown into the starting XI to make his debut at Leeds after just a few training sessions.

vaccination programme may well have begun, but Covid is having no less of an impact on the region's schools.While the rollout of the vaccine has given people fresh hope of a way out of the pandemic, thousands of pupils and staff are still isolating from schools across Greater Manchester.Only yesterday we reported how almost 30 pupils had tested positive at St Gabriel's RC High in Bury just last week alone and staffing levels have also been affected, with 25 staff absent - the school's highest

Parklife will push back its dates from its usual slot in June to take place on September 11 and 12.Formed from the ashes of Joy Division in 1980, New Order went on to become one of the most influential electronic acts of all time with enduring hits including True Faith and Blue Monday.The band released their latest single, Be A Rebel, in September - their first new music since 2015's critically-acclaimed album Music Complete.New Order said: “The connection between ourselves and Manchester has

New Order have announced that they’ll be putting on a huge homecoming show in Manchester next year.Taking place at Manchester’s Heaton Park on September 10, 2021, it will be the band’s first hometown show in four years and promises to be “a defining moment in their illustrious career”. They will be supported by Hot Chip and Working Men’s Club.“The connection between ourselves and Manchester has played a pivotal role in who we are as a band,” New Order said in a statement.

straight to your inbox every day for freeManchester United are preparing to give Bruno Fernandes a significant pay rise just under a year since joining the club, according to reports.After months of speculation, Fernandes finally arrived at Old Trafford in a £47million move from Sporting last January and he has already had a seismic impact on the club.In just 38 games he has already scored 22 goals, as well as laid on 14 assists, and established himself as United's most important player.The

straight to your inboxFernandinho has praised the impact Gabriel Jesus made in Manchester City's 0-0 draw with Porto, even though he saw his goal disallowed for off-side.City have secured top spot in their Champions League group with a game to spare after a hard-fought draw in Portugal, though it's a game they easily could have won.

Claims by Salford Tories that they were instrumental in the council deferring approval of the Greater Manchester Spatial Framework have been branded ‘bizarre’ by the city’s mayor.Opposition councillors had asked for the controversial housing and jobs masterplan to be called in for further scrutiny at a meeting today, only for it to be cancelled.Thousands of homes are earmarked across the borough including within the borough's green belt, though the majority of new development would fall within

government announcing this morning that Manchester will be placed in Tier 3 when national lockdown ends on December 2, the mayor says the 'halfway house approach' taken to lockdown is partly to blame.Reacting to the news that the region now faces the toughest measures for at least another fortnight, he told the Manchester Evening News: "It was a personal view and maybe not everybody's view, but I think schools should have been included in the national circuit break, because actually it would

straight to your inboxPep Guardiola says no player loved football more than Diego Maradona, as he led Manchester City's tributes to the Argentina legend.Maradona has passed away at the age of 60, leading to tributes to be paid from around the world in respect of one of the greatest players to play the game.The sad news was confirmed before City's Champions League win in Olympiacos, with Guardiola paying tribute to Maradona in his post-match media commitments.Guardiola also offered his